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War of 1812

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War of 1812

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Auction Date:2012 Feb 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Four small chips of gray granite, originally taken from a fort in New York, housed in a 19th century octagonal glass medicine bottle, about 3.5” tall. Sealed with a cork. Card inside the bottle reads: “At the northern end of Central Park, near Eighth avenue, stands the old block-house. Built originally as one of a chain of local fortifications and outposts. It has come to be known as Fort Fireman.” Fragments originate from the John S. Reigart Collection of Historical American Relics. Fort Fireman was built in 1814-1815 on Bergen’s Hill, Brooklyn, on or near the site of Fort Box built in 1776. Fort Clinton, also built 1814-1815, was a stone fort in the northeast corner of Central Park. These chips of granite came from one of these New York War of 1812 fortifications.